Prevalence of parkinsonism and relationship to exposure in a large sample of Alabama welders

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 230-235

  Racette, B A ^a   Tabbal, S D ^a   Jennings, D ^c   Good, L ^a   Perlmutter, J S ^a,b   Evanoff, B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WELDING;

EID: 12544256438     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000149511.19487.44     Document Type: Article

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